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we are using it. we are using it more than anybody has ever used it before. i mean i forget how many -- you know, this story broke. i have to go back and look at the research i've done. i've written about this. how many hundreds of people have been killed in pakistan, afghanistan, in somalia with drones. we've got this technology. we're using it. we are killing not just suspected terrorists but civilians. we're not making any effort to round them up to put them on trial. we're just targeting them with drone strikes. we're killing them. and again, there is a lot of collateral damage, some -- at least evidence of 45 civilians including children who have been killed by drones in the last year. reports the new york review of books. we're using this technology but congress has not decided. the white house has not released what are the guidelines. who decides when to use it. what rules do we follow if any? and is this really legal under international law to do it? the justice department now says it is. but the idea that somebody -- and you know where these drones a
we are using it. we are using it more than anybody has ever used it before. i mean i forget how many -- you know, this story broke. i have to go back and look at the research i've done. i've written about this. how many hundreds of people have been killed in pakistan, afghanistan, in somalia with drones. we've got this technology. we're using it. we are killing not just suspected terrorists but civilians. we're not making any effort to round them up to put them on trial. we're just targeting...
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stay with us. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the state of the union is strong! yeah, expect president obama to say that tonight. and he is right. good morning everybody. what do you say? hello, hello hello. welcome. welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday morning february 12th. great to see you today. and there's a lot going on. we're coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours on current tv, all three hours on your local progressive talk radio station for the next three hours. and on sirius x.m. for this hour only. there it is. front page of "the new york times" today. pope resigns with church at a crossroads, we told you that this time exactly yesterday morning. that's when the news broke here on the "full court press" and there's still a lot of reaction to that. which we will talk about
stay with us. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: the state of the union is strong! yeah, expect president obama to say that tonight. and he is right. good morning everybody. what do you say? hello, hello hello. welcome. welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday morning february...
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you can give us a call. 866-55-press. you can follow us, please. we ask you to, on twitter@bpshow and on the "full-court press" press" -- i mean on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. well, i've got to tell you are i think it show sort of of reflects what america is feeling across the board today. our ranks are decimated this morning, cut and a half maybe with super bowl injuries. all right. let's start with peter ogburn. this will go down in history. what happens when you give your own super bowl party, cook your own food and get food poisoning from your own food. >> i love it. i love it. when he texted me this morning, i was like, i don't think i am could coming in. really? >> bill: that's a first. just imagine his poor friends. right? >> yeah. >> bill: they are probably all laid out too. >> he is a master chef. >> he is a master chef. >> from what he is telling me the excuse he is using is that it was a roy oyster that got him, which you don't cook a raw oyster. >> they are good. very. >>. >> peter is out and dan henning is here. >> here we
you can give us a call. 866-55-press. you can follow us, please. we ask you to, on twitter@bpshow and on the "full-court press" press" -- i mean on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. well, i've got to tell you are i think it show sort of of reflects what america is feeling across the board today. our ranks are decimated this morning, cut and a half maybe with super bowl injuries. all right. let's start with peter ogburn. this will go down in history. what happens when you...
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stay with us. right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: john brennan president obama's nominee to head the c.i.a. faces the music today. going to be a rough and tumble hearing. what do you say? particularly about drones. what do you say? good morning everybody. it is thursday, february 7. good to see you and welcome -- welcome to the program this thursday morning. always great to see you. look particularly good this morning here as we kick off our three hour roundtable to bring you u
stay with us. right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i want to have that conversation. let's talk about it. really? you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> announcer:...
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you can join us by following us on twitter and give us your comments. we invite them @bpshow. and i can join us on facebook. become our friend on facebook. facebook.com/bill facebook.com/billpressshow. friends of the entire team, peter ogburn and dan henning. doing good? >> yes indeed. >> hump day. >> already. boy am i tired. >> and phil back we can's has the phones. sip ran on our video cam, of course, this morning. hell 0, cyprian. and, you know, i must say, i don't buy a lot of my clothes at thrift stores. >> no? >> you don't. not a lot. but i have been in them and i have looked around. yeah. >> i still have some stuff that i had at one time gotten at thrift stores when i was working at construction and painting. it's a great place to get stuff. >> i must say carol who dresses very well. she often will look in the thrift store, and she is very proud if we go out to some fancy deal and she is wearing something she bought at a thrift store. if she were on the red carpet and they said who are you wearing? she probably would say, goodwill. but when you bought those from the thr
you can join us by following us on twitter and give us your comments. we invite them @bpshow. and i can join us on facebook. become our friend on facebook. facebook.com/bill facebook.com/billpressshow. friends of the entire team, peter ogburn and dan henning. doing good? >> yes indeed. >> hump day. >> already. boy am i tired. >> and phil back we can's has the phones. sip ran on our video cam, of course, this morning. hell 0, cyprian. and, you know, i must say, i don't...
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they can use it. they don't have to come to the floor and talk at that talk, but it's going to work. it's going to work because republicans have greedp agreed they will filibuster for stuff that's really important. when harry reid and mitch mcconnell agree this is really worth it. damn if, we said at the time this was phony, it was not going to work, it was not going to make any change. republicans were going to abuse it. they would never abide by that agreement. two weeks ago. republicans trotted it out yesterday, put a filibuster on the nomination of chuck hagel to be our next secretary of defense, and they won. you need 60 votes to get over it. and the most they could get with the democrats and four republicans was 58 votes t he lost by one vote. harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will
they can use it. they don't have to come to the floor and talk at that talk, but it's going to work. it's going to work because republicans have greedp agreed they will filibuster for stuff that's really important. when harry reid and mitch mcconnell agree this is really worth it. damn if, we said at the time this was phony, it was not going to work, it was not going to make any change. republicans were going to abuse it. they would never abide by that agreement. two weeks ago. republicans...
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then you can follow us and we encourage you to follow us on twitter. i also tweet from the white house briefings but we want to hear from you @bp show and on facebook, facebook.com/bill press show this friday morning heading into the weekend, teen press in place against this morning. happy friday. >> good morning. >> when he is not doing the harlem shake. >> the harlem shuffle? >> i will fall on my sword. i suggested team press do harlem shake video. i asked our facebook fans the overwhelming majority say, hell no. >> hell no. >> that was a mistake. >>. >> my kids have better taste than that dance. >> my kids are doing harlem shake videos now. i know this how to work this. my standard is my kids have terrible taste in just about everything. so if they like it i don't like it. >> okay. indeed. well, the first lady, former first lady laura bush is not happy because she does support same-sex marriage, but she doesn't want anybody to know it. she said it on larry king live. if you want to keep a secret that's not exactly the plates to keep a secret. there
then you can follow us and we encourage you to follow us on twitter. i also tweet from the white house briefings but we want to hear from you @bp show and on facebook, facebook.com/bill press show this friday morning heading into the weekend, teen press in place against this morning. happy friday. >> good morning. >> when he is not doing the harlem shake. >> the harlem shuffle? >> i will fall on my sword. i suggested team press do harlem shake video. i asked our facebook...
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give us your point of view by giving us a call at 866-55-press. if you thought the president's inaugural address was good i hope you caught last night's state of the union address. he challenged congress to help build the middle class in america in many ways across the board by providing universal pre-school education, by raising the minimum wage by creating new jobs, by getting rid of loopholes for big corporations and by saving lives guy common sense gun safety measures. a great speech. we will tall talk all about it and get your calls. before we get to that we will get the day's latest from the lisa ferguson out in los angeles. good morning to you. >> hey, bill. good morning, everyone. president obama is coming off of his state of the union address last night. it was a big speech kicking off the start of his second term. a lot of people did hear what they wanted to hear from the president. obama made a big push for economic initiatives and the middle class saying he wants to raise minimum wage from 7.25 an hour to $9 an hour within the next two
give us your point of view by giving us a call at 866-55-press. if you thought the president's inaugural address was good i hope you caught last night's state of the union address. he challenged congress to help build the middle class in america in many ways across the board by providing universal pre-school education, by raising the minimum wage by creating new jobs, by getting rid of loopholes for big corporations and by saving lives guy common sense gun safety measures. a great speech. we...
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good to have you with us. we look forward to taking your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. i was there in the whiter house briefing room yesterday when president obama came out and called on congress to take action to avoid those massive cuts to pentagon spending known as the sequester which kick in march 1st. if march can't pass a big bill, they ought to pass a small bill to delay the sequester for a few more months. house republicans led by john boehner immediately said no way. here we go again. the party of no opposing anything obama wants. we will tell you about that. also tell you the latest on drones and a lot more here on the full court press. but first, let's get the latest. lisa ferguson is here. well, she is not here. she is in los angeles with today's current news update. hi, lisa. good morning. >> close enough. los angeles, d.c. good morning, everyone. the president is in annapolis today after 10:00 this morning and atends the conference at the western annapolis hotel. vice pre
good to have you with us. we look forward to taking your calls at 866-55-press. >> that's our toll-free number. i was there in the whiter house briefing room yesterday when president obama came out and called on congress to take action to avoid those massive cuts to pentagon spending known as the sequester which kick in march 1st. if march can't pass a big bill, they ought to pass a small bill to delay the sequester for a few more months. house republicans led by john boehner immediately...
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and follow us on twitter. talk to us on twitter. comment. send us your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook.com/billpressshow. also, the chat room is underway all across this -- everywhere in the country. people, "full court pressers," you'll want to be debating the issues, talking about the issues we're talking about on the air with your fellow listeners and your fellow viewers. go to, it is a lot of fun. go to current.com click on the chat room and you're in. happy valentine's day to team press here. peter ogborn and dan henning. >> hey there. >> bill: i had to put all of the flowers over to the side today. >> a lot of people. >> there's candy. >> bill: so many flowers when i walked in this morning and boxes of candy. from the team. phil backert's got the phones. it is a surprise for later in the show, is that it? >> yeah, of course. >> yeah, that's it. >> bill: okay. cyprian bowlding on the video cam. he always celebrates valentine's day. it was a story yesterday when cyprian got on the microphone for his rant. >> first time ever
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